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General cancer statistics

South Australian statistics
  • 23 South Australians are diagnosed with cancer each day

  • 8,592 new cases of cancer were diagnosed in South Australia in 2006 (136 more cases than in 2005)

  • 3,436 deaths from cancer were recorded in South Australia in 2006 (134 fewer deaths than in 2005)

  • The most common cancers in males was prostate, colorectal and lung cancer

  • The most common cancers in females was breast, colorectal and lung cancer

  • The most common cause of cancer death in males was lung cancer followed by prostate cancer and then colorectal cancer

  • The most common cause of cancer death in females was breast cancer followed by lung cancer and then colorectal cancer

  • Source:  Cancer in South Australia 2006 – with projections to 2009 – published by the Australian Cancer Registry 2008.
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Source: Cancer in South Australia 2006 – with projections to 2009 – published by the Australian Cancer Registry 2008.
 

Australian statistics
  • 1 in 2 men and 1 in 3 women will experience cancer before the age of 85  (1 in 3 men and 1 in 4 women by the age of  75)

  • 100,514 new cases of cancer were diagnosed in Australia in 2005

    • Incidence projections 2006-2010
  • The number of new cases is expected to grow by 3,090 case per year, in males it is expected to grow by 1,916 and females 1,174.

  • 39,097 deaths from cancer were recorded in Australia in 2005. It’s the leading cause of death in Australia

    • Mortality projections 2006-2010
  • The numbers of deaths from cancer is projected to increase by 836 per year, males 454 and females 382 per year.
The most common cancers in Australia in 2005 (excluding non-melanoma skin cancer) were:
o    prostate cancer (16,349 new cases) which overtook
o    colorectal cancer (13,076 cases)
o    female breast cancer (12,265)
o    melanoma (10,684) and
o    lung cancer (9,182)

The most common cancers in males were:
o    prostate (16,349 new cases)
o    colorectal (7,181)
o    melanoma (6,044)
o    lung (5,738)
o    lymphoma (2,373)

The most common cancers in females were:
o    breast (12,170 new cases)
o    colorectal (5,895)
o    melanoma (4,640)
o    lung cancer (3,444)
o    lymphoma (2,057)

The most common cause of cancer death in males was:
o    lung cancer (4,711 deaths)
o    prostate (2,949)
o    colorectal (2,322)
o    cancers of unknown primary site (1,829) and
o    pancreatic (964)

The most common cause of cancer death in females was:
o    breast cancer (2,716 deaths)
o    lung (2,707)
o    colorectal (1,843)
o    cancers of unknown primary site (1,616)
o    pancreatic (1,062)
 
  • The survival rate for many common cancers has increased by more than 30 per cent in the past two decades

  • Cancer costs $2.7 billion in direct health system costs

  • In 2004/05 10 per cent of all hospital admissions were cancer-related and increased by 4.5 per cent a year from 2000/01 to 2004/05

Sources: AIHW, Cancer in Australia: an overview 2006, 2007, ABS, Cancer mortality 2004, AIHW, Cancer incidence projections 2001-2011, 2005



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